Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Bill Cole
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote, On 6/23/09 11:02 AM: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor: I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new Depends how often you want to keep restarting it. My tim

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* The Doctor : > Anyway to use the spamassassin headers to reject mail > instead of using amavisd? amavisd-new USES Mail::SpamAssassin

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Robert Schetterer
The Doctor schrieb: > On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:08:40PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: >> * The Doctor : >> >>> I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. >> It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is >> being helped :) > > > Anyway to use the spamassassin

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Noel Jones
The Doctor wrote: On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:08:40PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor : I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is being helped :) Anyway to use the spamassassin headers to reject

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 20:08 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * The Doctor : > > > I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. > > It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is > being helped :) If you are running a Debian based distro, this will solve your prob

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread The Doctor
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 08:08:40PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * The Doctor : > > > I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. > > It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is > being helped :) Anyway to use the spamassassin headers to reject mail inst

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Sahil Tandon : > Noel are you suggesting something might not work for me because I don't > know how to use it? Blasphemer! Sigged.

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* Wietse Venema : > Perhaps there a case of name confusion. There are several tools > that have "amavis" in the name. The one that reportedly works well > with Postfix is called "amavisd-new". Well, the other project are dead, really. amavis is nowadays synonym for Mark^h^h^h^hamavisd-new. Anyw

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* The Doctor : > I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. It's the wrong list here, but usually one shows the errors and is being helped :)

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 11:50 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: > Sahil Tandon wrote: > > Noel are you suggesting something might not work for me because I don't > > know how to use it? Blasphemer! > > ;-) > Next I'll ask you about painting my bike shed... How dare you waste a shed on Bikes! I would fill i

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 18:59 +0200, Benny Pedersen wrote: > On Tue, June 23, 2009 18:46, Steve wrote: > > I am assured that it is amavis-new :-) However, I've also been told the > > lottery numbers over and over and I've not won a penny. > > well you need to play if you want to win, admins like me

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Benny Pedersen
On Tue, June 23, 2009 18:46, Steve wrote: > I am assured that it is amavis-new :-) However, I've also been told the > lottery numbers over and over and I've not won a penny. well you need to play if you want to win, admins like me get fingers very dirthy one or more times, but for me its the road

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Noel Jones
Sahil Tandon wrote: Noel are you suggesting something might not work for me because I don't know how to use it? Blasphemer! ;-) Next I'll ask you about painting my bike shed... But enough of this. While I appreciate that Steve had a bad experience with amavisd-new, my point is that many, man

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 12:38 -0400, Wietse Venema wrote: > EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk: > > Had I have been a Barracuda developer I would have asked for advice. I > > was not. Me just a low grade tech support droid having to restart amavis > > Perhaps there a case of name confusion. The

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Wietse Venema
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk: > Had I have been a Barracuda developer I would have asked for advice. I > was not. Me just a low grade tech support droid having to restart amavis Perhaps there a case of name confusion. There are several tools that have "amavis" in the name. The one that

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Sahil Tandon
On Jun 23, 2009, at 12:08 PM, Noel Jones wrote: EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor : I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new Depends how often you want

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 11:08 -0500, Noel Jones wrote: > EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote: > > On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > >> * The Doctor : > >> > >>> I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. > >> Usually we use amavisd-new > >

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Noel Jones
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote: On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: * The Doctor : I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new Depends how often you want to keep restarting it. My time at Barracuda taugh

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 15:52 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * The Doctor : > > > I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. > > Usually we use amavisd-new Depends how often you want to keep restarting it. My time at Barracuda taught me to steer clear of Amavis. 'Captain

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread The Doctor
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 03:52:15PM +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * The Doctor : > > > I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. > > Usually we use amavisd-new I tried runing amavisd but it is running into weird errors. -- Member - Liberal International This is do

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Ralf Hildebrandt
* The Doctor : > I am contemplating howto use spamassassin effectively with postfix. Usually we use amavisd-new

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread The Doctor
On Tue, Jun 23, 2009 at 09:21:52AM +0100, Steve wrote: > Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content > filter thus; > > smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd > -o content_filter=spamassassin > ... > spamassassin unix - n n

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Jorey Bump
EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk wrote, at 06/23/2009 09:12 AM: > Joey wrote: >>> Actually, I use a header_checks rule: >>> >>> /X-Spam-Level: \*{5,}/ REJECT > > I wrote; >> I looked at this myself and asked 'hang on, what if I put a header >> filter in for X-Spam-Level'. I assumed (and tha

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread EASY steve.h...@digitalcertainty.co.uk
Joey wrote: > > > > Actually, I use a header_checks rule: > > > > /X-Spam-Level: \*{5,}/ REJECT I wrote; > I looked at this myself and asked 'hang on, what if I put a header > filter in for X-Spam-Level'. I assumed (and that is all it was) that it > was not fed into the content filter until *af

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 08:51 -0400, Jorey Bump wrote: > Steve wrote, at 06/23/2009 04:21 AM: > > Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content > > filter thus; > > > > smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd > > -o content_filter=spamassass

Re: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Jorey Bump
Steve wrote, at 06/23/2009 04:21 AM: > Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content > filter thus; > > smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd > -o content_filter=spamassassin > ... > spamassassin unix - n n - -

RE: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
On Tue, 2009-06-23 at 13:00 +0300, Dudi Goldenberg wrote: > >The reason I ask is this bounce; > > > >... > >: host mail.varna.net[217.145.80.1] said: 550 5.7.1 > >Blocked by SpamAssassin (in reply to end of DATA command) > > This is Spamassassin milter in action. > > Consult your distribution rep

RE: Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Dudi Goldenberg
>The reason I ask is this bounce; > >... >: host mail.varna.net[217.145.80.1] said: 550 5.7.1 >Blocked by SpamAssassin (in reply to end of DATA command) This is Spamassassin milter in action. Consult your distribution repository or have a look at: http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/spamass-milt/

Postifix-v-Spamassassin BLOCK SMTP

2009-06-23 Thread Steve
Silly question. Currently I have Postfix using Spamassassin as a content filter thus; smtp inet n - - - 10 smtpd -o content_filter=spamassassin ... spamassassin unix - n n - - pipe user=spamd argv=/usr/bin/spamc -f -e